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Poppy

虞美人草

Kenji Mizoguchi · 1935 · Japan

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Synopsis

Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to up-and-coming diplomat Munechika. She has promised him a gold watch, a family heirloom, as an emblem of their engagement. However, she becomes enamoured with Ono, a student employed to tutor her in English, who is attracted by her beauty and wealth. Ono himself is bound by an engagement to Sayoko, daughter of his mentor, Professor Inoue.

Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
Year
1935
Country
Japan
Runtime
72 min
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original language
Japanese

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